Montreal’s parking system is long overdue for a redesign. For my final thesis project, I set out to transform the city’s entire parking experience—both the physical infrastructure and the digital ecosystem behind it.

Current parking stations are confusing, visually cluttered, and often overlooked. Button layouts feel outdated, interfaces are unintuitive, and the system as a whole fails to guide users clearly. Even the surrounding infrastructure—bollards, signage, and bike-locking features—lacks coherence, usability, and aesthetic presence within the city.

This project proposes a complete design intervention: a unified payment station, modular street hardware, improved cyclist integration, and a digital interface that makes paying for parking simple, accessible, and intuitive for everyone.

Rooted in Montreal’s identity and built on human-centered principles, this redesign aims to replace frustration with clarity, and visual noise with a system that finally works with the city instead of against it.

Explore how thoughtful industrial design, UI/UX strategy, and urban insight come together to create a smarter, more welcoming parking experience for Montreal.